Markus Giesler, an associate professor in the Schulich School of Business, spoke with the host of CBC radio's "Spark" about the CRTC's decision to allow Bell to impose usage-based billing (UBB). Giesler told the CBC he believes the controversy over UBB isn't merely a fight over access, but an example of the age-old conflict between […]
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Next Generation of York U Dance Masters premiere Stories Off the Record
TORONTO, February 1, 2011 − Stories Off the Record is this season’s second installment of world premieres by rising choreographers in York University’s MFA Program in Dance. Graduate students Angela Blumberg, Alison Daley, Katya Kuznetsova and Anastasia Maywood are each contributing an original work to the playbill as part of their thesis productions. A new […]
Romeo and Juliet coming to York U on Super Bowl Sunday
TORONTO, January 31, 2011 − If a matchup of epic proportions between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers just doesn’t do it for you, there’s always the Capulets and the Montagues. A special presentation of Romeo and Juliet, filmed before a live audience at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, will be shown at York […]
Prof. Allan Hutchinson’s book Is Eating People Wrong? on CTV.ca
Osgoode Hall Law Professor Allan Hutchinson’s provocatively titled book Is Eating People Wrong? Great Legal Cases and How they Shaped the World, was featured on CTV.ca on Sunday, January 30; click here to read the article. Hutchinson, a Distinguished Research Professor at York, looks at eight legal cases in the book, and how they have […]
Philosopher Mark Johnson will deliver 2011 Wendy Michener Lecture at York U
"The Aesthetic Roots of Human Meaning” Toronto, January 26, 2011: Philosopher Mark Johnson, Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon, will give the annual Wendy Michener Lecture at York University on February 3. His address, titled “The Aesthetic Roots of Human Meaning”, will look at the concept of embodied knowledge […]
Nine Order of Ontario appointees have connections to York
TORONTO, January 25, 2011 − Nine people with ties to York University, including graduates, donors and honorary degree recipients, are among 30 new appointees to the Order of Ontario, the province's highest official honour for individual excellence and achievement in any field. Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley will invest the appointees at a ceremony to be held […]
CFI awards York researchers over $274,000 in research infrastructure
Funding will support three projects in biology, kinesiology and psychology TORONTO, January 25, 2011 — The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded York University $274,689 in infrastructure funding to support the research of three York professors. Olivier Birot, assistant professor in the Faculty of Health’s School of Kinesiology and a member of the Muscle […]
